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Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Exhibitor’s medal, in copper, by W. Wyon, from the same dies as previous, edge impressed (United Kingdom, Classes 12 & 15, No. 20), 44mm (Allen A55; BHM 2463; E 1459); Opening of Crystal Palace, 1854, a white metal medal by Allen & Moore, 51mm (Allen 20; BHM 2546); Naval & Military Exhibition, Crystal Palace, 1901, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (Allen 5; BHM 3734; E 1858); National Challenge Show of Cage Birds, Crystal Palace, a bronze award medal,...
Hammer Price: £120
Opening of Crystal Palace, 1854, white metal medals (4), viz. by G.G. Adams, conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert left, rev. Britannia attended by Industry and Commerce, 63mm (Allen 110; BHM 2545; E 1485), by Pinches (3), 42mm (2) (Allen 80; BHM 2549; E 1487), 42mm (Allen 125; BHM 2553); Handel Festival, Crystal Palace, 1857, a copper medal by Pinches, named (T.M. Phippard, Performer), 42mm (Allen 5; BHM 2597 var); Handel Centenary, Crystal Palace, 1859, copper medals by Pinches (2), both...
India, Punjab, Ram Dass medal, April 1936, an engraved silver award for the Board of Examining Engineers, legend, rev. engraved (For Standing First in 1st Class Engineer’s Certificate of Competency), 41mm (Pudd. –). Minor scratches in lower obverse, otherwise extremely fine, with raised border and suspension loop; in card box of issue by Sharma Engraving Coy., Medalists, Anarkali, Lahore £40-60
Henley Regatta (Est. 1839), Wyfold Challenge Cup, a silver award medal by J. Pinches, legend in wreath, rev. trophy, named (I.A. Crabbe 2, C.D. Heatley 3, F.R. Adams, W.P. Phillips (Stroke)), 40mm; Oxford University Boat Club, a silver award medal, unsigned, engraved (Clinker Fours, 1898), 51mm; Tyldesley Technical School Opened, 1904, a silver medal, unsigned, 40mm; Sussex County Agricultural Society, a bronze award medal by J.A. Restall, named (To The Rt. Hon. Lord Zouche, Gr. Mr....
Hammer Price: £110
Miscellaneous, British and World medals, badges, etc (25), in silver (11, one with a USA gold Dollar attached), base metal (14, including Prince Albert in bois durci); together with a small quantity of modern coins [Lot]. Varied state £70-90
George IV, 1824, a copper medal by B. Pistrucci, bust left, hair tied with band, rev. trident and dolphins, 60mm (BHM 1221; E 1171). Scuffed and some rim nicks, otherwise about very fine £90-120
Metropolitan Police, a plated Car Pass, c. 1940, crown above tablet, engraved (The Minister of Fuel & Power), rev. legend in 9 lines, 64mm. Fine to very fine, rare £40-60
Maidstone College of Art, c. 1950, a uniface bronze maquette by C. Ironside, Britannia standing with spear and shield, holding a Kentish horse in her left hand, 136mm; together with other miscellaneous coins, medals, etc (21), from Sweden, Poland (several), Canada, Japan, etc, a few in silver [22]. Very fine and better, first rare; some in cases of issue £80-100
Entry of Princess Alexandra into the City of London, 1863, a bronze medal by J.S. & A.B. Wyon for the Corporation of London, bust left, rev. Londinia welcoming the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 77mm (W & E 901.1; BHM 2783; E 1561; Welch 9). Very fine; in red case of issue £60-80
Waterford Farming Society (Est. 1855), a white metal award medal by Ottley for C.N.B., farm animals, plough and other agricultural implements, buildings and haystacks in background, rev. named (Yearling Heifers, 2nd Prize, F.S. Bloomfield, 1872), 51mm; Staffordshire Agricultural Society (Est. 1844), a silver award medal by Ottley, named (Presented to Miss M.H. Collis, First Prize in the Champion Butter Making Competition, 1896), 48mm; Ormskirk & Southport Agricultural Society (Est. 1857), a...
France, Louis Pasteur, 1888, a silver medal by L.-O. Roty for the Pasteur Institute, bust left, rev. oak wreath, 37mm (Roty Compagnonnage p.93; PBE 842); Les Fondeurs, 1900, a silver medal by H.-A.-J. Patey, edge lettered, 37mm (PBE 668; CGMP p.298; BDM IV, 426); Exposition Universelle Internationale, Paris, 1900, a silver medal by J.-B. Daniel-Dupuis adapted for a Silver Wedding gift, named (Henri Bardot, Marie Liénard, 5 Juillet, 1881-1906), 50mm (cf. PBE 317); Société des Agriculteurs...
Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, 1625, silver medalets (2), unsigned, busts of King and Henrietta Maria vis-à-vis, on one King with ruff, other with lace collar, revs. Cupid scatters roses, both 22mm, 1.78g, 2.06g (MI I, 238/1, 238/2; E 105) [2]. First very fine, second about fine £120-150
France, Brigitte Bardot, 1966, a silver medal by C. Lesot, from the same dies as previous, 41mm (CGMP p.1216); together with other miscellaneous World medals, in silver (9), base metal (12, including Meissen money) [22]. Many very fine £100-150
Germany, Zur Seeslacht vor dem Skaggerak [Naval Battle off the Skaggerak], 1916, a cast iron medal by H. Lindl, British bulldog swimming in sea, attacked by German eagle, rev. skeletal figure of Death rowing boat with shipwrecked sailors, 73mm (Frankenhuis 1446; BDM VII, 558; cf. DNW 68, 1764). Good very fine £90-120
An engraved silver award medal, inscribed (This Tribute to the Industry and Perseverance of Miss Brooke is presented), rev. (by Wm. Stevenson), hallmarked sh London 1818, 40mm (cf. Grimshaw I, p.72). Very fine; with suspension loop £80-100
Germany, Europas Selbstmord [Europe’s Suicide], 1917, a cast iron medal by K. Goetz, Europa astride a bull crushing armies, rev. figures representing America and Japan gathering coins falling from a fountain, 82mm (K 199; Frankenhuis 1476; BDM VII, 386; cf. DNW 37, 1363). Very fine £90-120
Second Treaty of Vienna, 1731, a copper medal by J. Croker, laureate bust of George II left, rev. Neptune in marine car, 47mm (MI II, 496/39; E 523); Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1759, copper medals by J. Dassier (2), both 40mm (MI II, 489/29; E 516) [3]. One Prince of Wales medal fine, others very fine £80-100
Christ’s Hospital, Governors’ Medal, a silver-gilt engraved award by Charles Reily and George Storer, engraved (For Eminence in Arithmetic, The Prize, 26 May 1829), rev. named (Arthr. Bowker), hallmarked cr gs London 1829, 47mm (Grimshaw I, 31). Extremely fine, rare; in contemporary red case [hinge damaged] £100-150
An engraved silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, engraved (Monthly Preceptor, No. 21), rev. named (J.F. Mackie, Southampton, Aged 14), 47mm (Grimshaw –). About extremely fine, toned, very rare; with tiny hole for suspension £90-120
Aylesbury Railway Completed, 1839, a copper medal by A.J. Stothard, bust of George Carrington right, rev. names of the directors, etc. in 14 lines, 50mm (Moyaux 16; BHM 1890; E 1326; Grant, BNJ XXIII, p.135; Swan 89-90). Minor marks on reverse, otherwise almost extremely fine £100-150
Death of the Duke of Wellington, 1852, a copper medal by T.R. Pinches for J. Mitchell, uniformed bust left, rev. legend in wreath, 52mm (Eimer 141; BHM 2489); International Exhibition of all Fine Arts Industries and Inventions, 1873, a gilt-bronze award medal by G.T. Morgan, edge named (The Rt. Hon. Lord Colville of Culross, Catalogue No. 2072, etc), 70mm (BHM 2964; E 1622; Taylor 180a); together with other miscellaneous European medals (7, one in silver), by Duvivier, Pinches, Montagny,...
Lord Nelson’s Return to England, 1800, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, bust left, rev. Britannia standing, 38mm (Hardy 22; BHM 490; E 918); together with other base metal medals (8), for Opening of Dunkeld Bridge, Sunderland Bridge Lottery, Death of Princess Charlotte, etc [9]. Varied state £60-80
Waterford Farming Society (Est. 1855), a silver award medal by T. Ottley for C.N.B., farm animals, plough and other agricultural implements, buildings and haystacks in background, rev. wreath, named (Dorking Cock & Hens, 1st Prize, Mrs D. Stuart, 1877), 51mm (cf. DNW M5, 1220; cf. T. Millett FPL 2007, 34-5). Minor rim nicks, otherwise about very fine, dusty grey tone £80-100
Leeds College of Music, a silver award medal by W.J. Dingley, frontal elevation of the college, rev. wreath, named (Under the Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, Awarded to Fred Kemp Cartwright, Tenor, Competition, 1908), hallmarked Birmingham 1907, 44mm; Gresham Club Golfing Society, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (Autumn Meeting, Scratch Medal, won by A.E. Robins, 1935), hallmarked jnco Birmingham 1935, 51mm); Union des Gastronomes, a silver and enamel Committee member’s...
Hammer Price: £100
Worshipful Company of Joiners, a silver award medal by W.J. Taylor, arms, rev. bearded and draped figure of Christ standing facing, holding a staff, edge named (Arthur Bedford, Master, 1908-1909), 51mm (MJP p.230; Garnett pl.iii, 4; D & W 305/48; cf. DNW M4, 147). About extremely fine, rare £60-80
George V, Coronation, 1911, a bronze plaque by T. Szirmaï for the Hotel Victoria, London, conjoined busts left, rev. standing female holds crown above Westminster Abbey, seated female inscribing tablet at left, 75 x 53mm (BDM V, 736, item g; cf. DNW M2, 2374); George VI, Coronation, 1937, medals by D. and W. Gilbert (2), in silver and bronze, both 56mm (W & E 7095.1, 2; BHM 4323) [3]. Extremely fine; all in maroon cases of issue, former by T. Szirmaï, 112 Boulevard Malesherbes, Paris XVIIe...
Shrub Hill Golf Club, Worcester, a silver award medal by Fattorini, male golfer preparing to take a ‘St Andrews’ swing, watched by other golfers and caddies, windswept tree in background, rev. wreath, named (Cap. v. Sec., 1929, Sec’s Team, B.C. Thomson), 51mm (cf. DNW 47, 1103). Obverse edge nick at 6 o’clock, otherwise very fine; in blue case of issue [this faded] £60-80
Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a silver medal by H.B. Sale & Co, crowned bust left, rev. Britannia standing, 32mm (W & E 3410A.3; BHM 3563); together with other medals and medalets for the same event (27, four in silver) [28]. First about extremely fine, others in varied state £70-90
Charles I, Scottish Coronation, 1633, a silver medal by N. Briot, bust left wearing Scottish crown, rev. thistle and rose tree combined, 29mm, 11.32g (MI I, 266/60; E 123). Fields tooled, otherwise about very fine £120-150
Charles I, Memorial, 1649, copper medals by J. Roettiers (2), armoured and draped bust right, revs. hand from heaven holds a crown, both 50mm (MI I, 346/200; E 162a). Very fine and better £120-150
France, 50e Anniversaire du Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits et des Grands Express Européens, 1926, a uniface bronze plaque by H. Dropsy for Canale, railway carriage against a map of Europe and Asia, 91 x 46mm (Dropsy Exh. Cat. 1964, –; Baudey/Bricher 1992, 138; cf. DNW M2, 2569). Very fine, rare £70-90
Pitt Club, an oval gilt badge, rev. named (James Ludlam Esqr), 45 x 40mm (D & W 176/582; MG 1117). Onyx centre missing, otherwise fine; with integral loop and ring for suspension £40-60
Duke of Clarence Appointed Lord High Admiral, 1827, a silver-gilt medal by J. Henning Sr, bust right, rev. Britannia standing on foreshore, ships behind, 65mm (BHM 1296; E 1192). Rim knock on reverse at 11 o’clock and other minor nicks, otherwise extremely fine £100-150
Roslin Curling Club, 1842, an engraved silver award, named (Gained by Mr. Wm. Ainslie, 10 Jany. 1842), hallmarked m&c Edinburgh 1842, 46mm. Very fine; with ornate suspension £40-60
Hungary, Magyar Országos Céllövö Szövetseg, Budapest, 1931, a uniface bronze plaque by L. Berán, archer drawing bow while resting his foot on a tree-stump, 70 x 50mm; together with other miscellaneous World medals, etc (62), by Mardini, Egnell, Hauser, Huguenin, Machado, etc [63]. Generally very fine £80-100
Queen Charlotte’s 18th Birthday, 1762, a silver medal by T. Pingo, bust right, hair braided and wearing pearl necklace, rev. clasped hands holding staff topped with cap, 29mm, 10.85g (Eimer 24; BHM 74; E 698). Good fine; with integral scroll mount £60-80
Italy, Olympic Games, Rome, 1960, a cast bronze participant’s medal by E. Greco for Bertoni, Milan, naked female figure holding Olympic rings and torch, rev. stylised semi-abstract figure of athlete, 54mm (BM Acq. 1978-82, p.102, 15; cf. DNW M7, 2507). Green patina, very fine £90-120
Worshipful Company of Turners, a silver award medal [1885], unsigned, arms, rev. named (Presented…to Charles H. Rutter of the City of London School, as the prize for Mechancial Drawing…S.G. Bake, Master, Edgar Sydney…Dr R.T. Pigott Wardens), 51mm (Garnett pl.iii, 5; cf. D & W 306/54; cf. DNW M4, 160). Extremely fine and toned; in half of original maroon case £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
Kings and Queens of England, c. 1820, a set of 60 cast base-metal impressions of the separate obverses and reverses of Dassier’s set, Cromwell reverse only; together with medals of George III and George, Prince Regent, all 41mm (excepting Cromwell, 38mm) [Lot]. Very fine; on six trays within mahogany box £100-150
United States of America, Yacht Racing Association of Long Island Sound (Est. 1895), a bronze award medal by Tiffany & Co, schooner sailing half-right, rev. wreath, engraved (Championship New York Yacht Club, 30 Foot Class, 1923, won by Countess), 77mm. Obverse a trifle spotted, otherwise good very fine, rare £90-120
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